Heroes of Newerth Welcomes Beta Players Back This Weekend

July 1, 2010 6:20 AM

All who played Heroes of Newerth during its vast beta period will be able to play again over the weekend, developer S2 games has announced, to see how the Defense of the Ancients-inspired tactical action RPG has progressed since launching in May.

The free weekend will begin on Friday--when S2 will release what it calls "one of our biggest patches to date"--at noon EST then end on Sunday at 11:59pm EST.

Friday's patch will bring changes included a new hero inspired by DotA's pirate hero 'Kunkka,' a desperately-needed "Report A Player" feature, and one new item.

If you fancy playing again this weekend, download the latest client from FileShack in a Windows, Mac or Linux flavour and dust off your beta account.

Alice O'Connor

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daroach1414

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July 1, 2010 6:45 AM

Favorite game in a long time. I highly recommend!
- electric_wizard
  
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  July 1, 2010 9:05 AM
  
  yep. highly addictive.
  Also, this game has a learning curve as steep as Mt. Everest if you want to be any good at it. It's a real hardcore online experience in that regard.
  
  The community can be whiny and brutal towards newbies, but that's mainly because of a) how hard it is to get into and b) one bad player pretty much can ruin your team's winning chance.